Post * bpbj — Curious Curator

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TIL the Pyramids of Giza were not built by slaves, but by paid workers from poor Egyptian families in the North and South.

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wL0kY TIL that 10-35% of people share the same genetic trait that makes us having to sneeze when looking towards the sun

Qjpk TIL that over 80% of Rome’s police officers called in sick on New Years Eve.

R5apj TIL that soccer players run much farther than other sports averaging 7 miles a game, compared with 2.55 miles for Basketball and 1.25 miles for American football

LQplZ TIL that fancy tea bags leak billions of microplastics into a cup of tea. The effects of microplastics on humans are largely unstudied, but water fleas weren't happy about it.

6EW5Z TIL on October 6th, 1909, a new ambulance in Vancouver was sent out on it's first test drive and immediately hit and killed a pedestrian.